President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will inaugurate the new Alamein city early next week, according to Al Borsa. Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli said the city will eventually be home to 3-4 mn people and house an industrial zone, universities, and tourism developments.

EFG Hermes will hold its 7th Annual London Conference on 6-9 November. The conference will see C-suite execs from top listed companies in MENA as well as frontier markets (among them Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) meet face-to-face with top global investors with mandates to invest in emerging and frontier markets. The event will take place at Emirates Arsenal Stadium in London.

The Investment Ministry's investment map of some 600 projects will be ready by December, and projects will be ready for investor bids by January, according to sources from the General Authority for Freezones and Investment.

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